Easter parade is a popular song, written by irving berlin and published in 1933. Jun 04, 2019 this made it incredibly beneficial to the film, and with the continuous pattern of advantages, easter parade was completed in three months. The social elite would attend services at one of the 5th avenue churches. Too wonderful to watch only at eastertime, the film is filled with sensational irving berlin standards, superblychoreographed musical numbers. Easter parade is a musical with old and new irving berlin tunes and standout dance numbers. Easter paradereleased june48stars,among others,fred astaire,judy garland,ann miller and peter lawford. The complete number was first seen as part of the extras on the vhs and. Easter parade is a 1948 american musical film starring judy garland, fred astaire and peter lawford, featuring music by irving berlin, including some of astaire and garlands bestknown songs, such as easter parade, steppin out with my baby, and were a couple of swells. Parents volunteered to help build it, but erica and her classmates had designed the entire thing.
Another reason i think easter parade as a song hasnt endured as well is because its referring to an event almost none of us know about. The wardrobes are something else, and really liven things up. On easter sunday the streets of manhattan come alive with spring colors and flowery bonnets as part of the annual easter parade and bonnet festival. Easter parade 1948 stars judy garland, fred astaire, and ann miiler in whats basically a love story. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing easter parade near you.
Walters completed the picture by dressing garland in an abbreviated version of the mens pink and black tuxedo costume. My father photographed the parade at regents park in 1949. New york film locations from the movie easter parade starring fred astaire and judy garland. Ann miller in easter parade 1948 judy garland and peter lawford in easter. During a career that spanned 45 years, she attained international stardom as an actress in both musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist, and on the concert stage.
Easter parade is certainly one of the best, with fred astaire doing his amazing flashy but precise dancing, judy garland using her legendary voice to sing right from her heart into yours, and ann miller doing her own unique style of dancing and tapping while belting out great songs. Between easter 1911 and easter 1912, astaire gets dumped by dance partner miller and vows revenge. Nov 19, 2014 description easter parade clip drum crazy, fred astaire top performance. It was about two blocks long, and they used it for the easter parade scenes. Mgm wanted to make easter parade with minnelli, garland, and kelly because the studio had high hopes for the pirate. The magic of judy and fred in easter parade 1948 in the. The late late show with james corden recommended for you. Mgm built a 1912style easter parade street just for this film. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Along with revolutionary road, his debut novel, the book is considered to be yates finest work. Easter parade 1948 official trailer judy garland, fred astaire movie hd subscribe to classic trailers. She had worn the outfit two years earlier in a number walters directed for easter parade 1948.
Persons participating in an easter parade traditionally dress in new and fashionable clothing, particularly ladies hats, and strive to. Frances goodrich and albert hackett wrote the script for easter parade. About us whats new help center jobs api become a partner. Easter parade 1948 don hewes fred astaire and nadine hale judy garland are a dancing team, but she decides to start a career on her own. Anna and elsa easter eggs car parade arendelle easter egg frozen barbie doll mermaids toys in action. Easter parade is a 1948 american musical film starring judy garland, fred astaire. Every easter sunday, the streets of manhattan come alive with spring colors and flowery bonnets as part of the annual easter parade and bonnet festival. So he takes the next dancer he meets, hannah brown, as a new partner. Persons participating in an easter parade traditionally dress in new and fashionable clothing, particularly ladies hats, and strive to impress others with their finery. You cant make a film like easter parade today because youd have to pay full market price for the talent, even as irving berlins numbers slip year after year into public domain.
Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. What i appreciate about this film is its elegance, class, energy and even pace. Easter parade 1 by kelly hashway ericas class had been working on their float for the easter parade for over a month. According to publicity materials contained in the ampas library production file, more than 700 extras were used in the film s easter parade finale, which was filmed on a specially built set constructed on mgms backlot. On the avenue is a documentary on the makingof the film. He developed it with albert hackett and francis goodrich husbandwife writers. This made it incredibly beneficial to the film, and with the continuous pattern of advantages, easter parade was completed in three months. Easter parade two disc special edition highly recommended. The original easter parade idea came from irving berlin. Easter parade is a musical with old and new irving berlin tunes and. Thats eastertainment 27 easterbased entertainments. The straight performers in easter parade are few, but peter lawford is pleasant as the fellow who is around when the principals chose to misunderstand each others romantic intentions, and jules munshin has a very funny routine as a diningroom captain with a secret salad formula.
Easter parade 1948 stream and watch online moviefone. When a famous dancer don hewes astaire partner, nadine hale ann miller deserts him, he. Easter parade was completed on march 12th, 1948 and would go on to. Now his timeless song comes to life in this delightfully sunny picture book. Easter parade has a tendency to be lost among the great musicals, taking a backseat to singin in the rain and my fair lady, to name a few. Berlin originally wrote the melody in 1917, under the title smile and show your dimple, as a cheer up song for a girl whose man has gone off to fight in world war i. On the day before easter in 1911, don hewes is crushed when his dancing partner and object of affection nadine hale refuses to start a new contract with him. Apr 12, 2020 well, easter parade is kind of the erin of irving berlins catalogue. Description easter parade clip drum crazy, fred astaire top performance. Here, easter doubles as a symbol for spring and the beginning of new lifethe film opens on an easter, with a smalltown southern wedding that leads to a birth that leads to a death. The result of fred astaire vacating his retirement to collide with judy garland in easter parade proved to be among the best decisions he made in his life. Patricks cathedral is the ideal place to see all the festivities. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. The thing about easter parade and so many other films like it is that all that talent was contracted to that studio.
Rent easter parade 1948 starring judy garland and fred astaire on dvd and bluray. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film. Oct 05, 2012 easter parade 1948 official trailer judy garland, fred astaire movie hd subscribe to classic trailers. Thats entertainment films includes a bonus dvd that includes the complete. I think its unfair, because this was a foundation for the higher rated musicals in the years to follow. Easter parade 1948 official trailer judy garland, fred.
He gives us oscarwinning musical scoring, inventive choreography, and plenty of irving berlin songs. The shedding feathered gown worn by garland in one number is an injoke reference to ginger rogers problematic gown in top hat 1935. Media in category easter parade film the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. After the movie was finished, the street was moved to the new york streets section of the backlot. The magic of judy and fred in easter parade 1948 in. Mar 31, 2015 easter parade started up in november, and the two films were released within a month of each other in 1948, with the pirate premiering in june and easter parade in july. Fred astaire had announced his retirement before the cameras began to roll on easter parade, but he decided to accept the film s leading role when its original star gene kelly became incapacitated.
Monotony, was deleted from the final print of that film, but walters remembered the costume and resurrected it. Gene kelly had injured himself during a football match on his property and it was he who phoned fred to suggest he do it. Im a band director, and ive never had a band march in an easter parade. The easter parade is an american cultural event consisting of a festive strolling procession on easter sunday.
Visitors and residents alike have the opportunity to see paraders wander along fifth avenue from 49th to 57th streets. New york easter parade, schedule, history, pictures. Easter parade cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. The easter parade is a new york tradition that dates back to the middle of the 1800s. Easter parade is a 1948 american musical film starring judy garland, fred astaire and peter. June 10, 1922 june 22, 1969 was an american actress, singer, and dancer. Jan 17, 2014 on the day before easter in 1911, don hewes is crushed when his dancing partner and object of affection nadine hale refuses to start a new contract with him. Mar 19, 2016 fred astaire and judy garland star in this classic movie musical featuring 17 songs by irving berlin. Easter parade represents the pinnacle of the mgm musical. Easter parade film wikipedia, the free encyclopedia easter parade is a 1948 american musical film starring judy garland and fred astaire, featuring music by irving berlin, including some of astaire and garlands best. Lisa mccues warm, friendly art tells the simple story of a father and daughter bunny who set off for the easter parade. Easter parade and bonnet festival in new york city. The picture quality and sound quality are pretty good, considering that this film is quite old.
Fred astaire and judy garland star in this classic movie musical featuring 17 songs by irving berlin. The happiest musical ever made, easter parades promotional trailer declares, and director charles walters appears to have put in plenty of overtime trying to live up to that grand promise. Released july 8th, 1948, easter parade stars judy garland, fred astaire, peter lawford, ann miller the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 43 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. She starts out a talented nobody, but after singing and dancing her way with hale through many of the best musical numbers ever filmed, she comes back the star of easter parade. So successful was easter parade that plans were immediately drawn to reteam fred astaire and judy garland in the barkeleys of broadway. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto int. In 1946 songwriter irving berlin first approached 20th centuryfox about making a film to be titled easter parade and to build the film around a catalog of his songs, as well as new songs he would write specifically for the film. Rent easter parade 1948 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix.
The thinnish plot, which finds astaire trying to turn chorus girl judy garland into a star in order to show up his former partner ann miller, is hardly what keeps the audiences eyes riveted to the s. In 1933, famed songwriter irving berlin wrote the music for a broadway show called as thousands cheer that included the popular song easter parade, which was turned into a film starring fred. Garlands husband vincente minnelli was originally slated to direct, but garlands psychiatrist advised them not to work together. In your easter bonnet judy garland easter parade youtube. Full movie easter parade 1948 full movie romance hd.
Judys only pairing with fred astaire came about almost by accident. First published in 1976, yates fifth book explores the tragic lives of two sisters. The battersea easter parade was the latest incarnation of the van and cart horse parades traditionally held at easter. Easter parade 1948 official trailer judy garland, fred astaire. Patricks cathedral is the ideal place to see all the. Typically, it is a somewhat informal and unorganized event, with or without religious significance. The film s success brought astaire back into movies as an mgm star and gave garland one of her signature tunes the tramps. After don hewes fred astaire loses his partner ann miller to the lure of a solo career, the renowned dancer spots pretty chorus line member hannah judy garland and vows to mold her into nadines equal within a year in time for the big fifth avenue easter parade. The choreography and dancing are top notch, and the music is memorable.
Well, easter parade is kind of the erin of irving berlins catalogue. Although the battersea easter parade by the 1970s featured many other different types of floats, horse and carts continued to participate. Ace mgm musicals producer arthur freed jumped at the chance to do a film with. The first was gene kelly in for me and my gal 1942. Terms of activation by activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. Easter parade 1948 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and. The thinnish plot, which finds astaire trying to turn chorus girl judy garland into a star in order to show up his former partner ann miller, is hardly what keeps the audiences eyes riveted to the. All of the trailers are in very good shape and again, as good as easter parade looks here, the results after the ur process of the film should make us appreciate the efforts even more. Easter parade 1948 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The easter parade is a novel by american writer richard yates. The film also marked the film debut of richard beavers. For easter specials of regular tv shows, see the list of easter television specials.